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Saxon for a boy?

93 replies

wildflower8888 · 25/03/2022 16:05

I love it, but would like opinions.

If you don't like it, why not? Generally would like opinions ☺️

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soulinablackberrypie · 01/04/2022 20:21

I liked the band and I am quite interested in the Saxon period of history. I thought Saxon would make a great boys' name when I was in my teens and 20s, but I don't think I would use it know - I didn't know it was used by white supremacists, but it just feels a bit too consciously "out there" as a name.

RoseMartha · 28/03/2022 16:18

I am not keen on it or Roman either tbh.

KirstenBlest · 28/03/2022 15:55

@SunshineAndFizz, that's a klaxon

Nelliephant1 · 28/03/2022 15:53

Oh no

SunshineAndFizz · 28/03/2022 15:50

Isn't the name of a horn?!

PineappleWilson · 28/03/2022 15:49

If you like the X sound, why not Axel? It's much better than Saxon, which has a very heavy sound to it.

cptartapp · 28/03/2022 15:45

It's a shoe shop of the 90's IIRC.
Awful.

2boysDad · 28/03/2022 15:33

In the book/film "V for Vendetta" - which is quite well known, there's a government approved TV character called "Storm Saxon".

Basically a Nazi-superhero figure.

I wonder if that's related to some of the connotations with white supremecy being raised here?

Nosetickle · 28/03/2022 15:16

No sorry. I prefer Jaxon and that’s saying something!

Echobelly · 28/03/2022 15:14

I quite like the sound of it - but like others I fear some people would read it as a white supremacist thing.

deadlanguage · 28/03/2022 15:12

@LizziesTwin

DC knows a Sachsen, v similar but presumably not as white supremacist?
I would take Sachsen as even more white supremacist than Saxon! Any sort of nationalism is taken as more extreme in Germany than the UK. We used to avoid our neighbours because they had a flagpole with the German flag in their garden.
Titsflyingsouth · 26/03/2022 15:24

A great name for White supremacists, hair metallers or German Shepherd.

For anyone else - not on your life...

Luredbyapomegranate · 26/03/2022 15:03

@poodlepoop

As in Anglo-Saxon?

It's used by white supremacy groups

A bit of this.

Also makes me think of salt.

There are many better things to call your child.

TatianaBis · 26/03/2022 14:28

Haha bless you, just no 😀

You gonna tell the Welsh that?

inmyslippers · 26/03/2022 13:54

There's plenty of romans knocking around so why not Saxon

energywavering · 26/03/2022 13:44

@TatianaBis

What - Saxon as opposed to Sackson?

Tudor/ur is a very old Welsh name.

Haha bless you, just no 😀
Maireas · 26/03/2022 09:40

As pp said, Athelstan?
Aelfric
Leofric
Aeldred
Hereward
Waltheof
Godwin

Maireas · 26/03/2022 09:37

@BattledoreAndShuttlecock

Makes me think of the dog in Hot Fuzz or the evil Prime Minister in Dr Who.

Aethelstan is nice.

That is nice. Not widely used.

peaceinourtime · 26/03/2022 09:35

Nice but maybe also consider Saxby, its good too.

AuntTwacky · 26/03/2022 00:56

Nooooo

BattledoreAndShuttlecock · 26/03/2022 00:30

Makes me think of the dog in Hot Fuzz or the evil Prime Minister in Dr Who.

Aethelstan is nice.

yefferson · 26/03/2022 00:26

Saxony aka Sachsen is the hotbed of the modern German far right party the AfD, so I personally wouldn't consider either a better option if trying to avoid the white supremacist connotations

Ivyonafence · 26/03/2022 00:19

@Cindie943811A

I quite like it and don’t see why it necessarily denotes white supremacy— if you know much about the history of the you’ll know the association is very weak — today’s population’s DNA is very mixed. Place names seem very popular so what about Saxony?
This child would be saddled with it and spending their lives interacting with people who have varying degrees of knowledge about history. It will impact them and I doubt they want to spend their lives giving mini history lessons about white supremacy and its connection or lack thereof to the term 'Saxon'.
AledsiPad · 25/03/2022 23:55

I know of a small Saxon. Sometime called Sax. It always sounds like ‘Sex’ to me. Always.

Cindie943811A · 25/03/2022 23:48

I quite like it and don’t see why it necessarily denotes white supremacy— if you know much about the history of the you’ll know the association is very weak — today’s population’s DNA is very mixed.
Place names seem very popular so what about Saxony?